Schools Awarding Financial Aid

Many colleges and universities in the US offer financial aid to international students. Here is a list of the US schools that offer international aid, searchable by state, and also showing the number of students that receive aid and the average award:

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The Best Colleges and Universities

US Schools That Offer Need-Blind and Full-Need Admission to International Students - under a need-blind admissions policy, a college or university will admit students regardless of their ability to pay, and for any students that cannot afford the price tag, full-need means the university awards scholarships and other institutional aid to make up the difference. There are now five US schools that offer need-blind and full-need admissions to international students - Amherst College is the most recent to join this elite group. Basically, if you can get in, you can afford to go - they are:

If you would like to learn more about these schools InternationalStudent.com offers a free USA school search that will allow you to find out more information about the school. The school directory will allow you to search by state or program, you can then locate your school — from there you will be given the main school website and related department websites.

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If your school offers aid to international students and you are not listed here we can add your school very quickly and easily, please just contact us with all the relevant information and we will do our best to add that into the schools awarding aid directory as soon as we can.

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